Light weight mud anchor



July 10, 1962 G. J. SANDER LIGHT WEIGHT MUD ANCHOR Filed April 28, 1959 R w R K m5 W D m 4 I w 5 5n 6 United States Patent "ice 3,043,258 LIGHT WEIGHT MUD ANCHOR Griswold I. Sander, 4823 58th Lane, Woodside, N.Y. Filed Apr. 28, 1959, Ser. No. 809,492 2 Claims. (Cl. 114-207) This invention relates to boats, and more particularly, to an anchor for small boats.

Ordinarily, anchors are heavy, dimcult to ship, and usually have rough edges that frequently mar the deck or sides of the boat. It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a light weight adjustable anchor that is extremely simple in construction, efficient in operation, and which will overcome the aforementioned difiiculties.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an anchor for small boats that can be readily packed and shipped in a relatively small container, may be conveniently assembled for use without any special tools or equipment, and which can be adjusted for use on mud or hard bottoms.

Still another object of thepresent invention is to provide a light weight mud anchor of the type described that has a pad secured to the lowermost surface of the base, so that the anchor may be conveniently carried upon a deck without scratching the surface thereof.

All of the foregoing and still further objects and advantages of this invention will become apparent from a study of the followingspecification, taken with the accompanying drawing, wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a side elevational view of an anchor made in accordance with the present invention, in actual use;

FIGURE 2 is an enlarged side elevational view of an anchor shown in FIGURE 1 in an upright position;

FIGURE 3 is a front elevational view, showing certain parts of the present invention; I

FIGURE 4 is an enlarged fragmentary cross sectional view showing the manner in which various parts of the anchor are assembled together;

FIGURE 5 is a bottom plan view of the unit shown in FIGURE 3.

Referring now to the drawing, and more particularly to FIGURE 2 thereof, a light weight anchor made in accordance with the present invention is shown in a completely erected and assembled position, ready for use. This anchor includes a rigid tipple plate 12 having a layer of non-abrasive material 14 secured to the lowermost surface thereof, which will enable the anchor to be placed upon a boat deck without danger of scratching it. A weight 16 is carried centrally upon the top of the tipple plate 12 and is secured in assembled relationship with the parts by means of a series of bolts 20 which also secure an angle member 18 in centered relationship therewith. A pair of perpendicularly related rectangular fluke plates 22 are secured, one upon the outer surface of each of the webs of the angle member 18, by a series of bolts 24. A

securement loop 26 is secured centrally to each one of the angle member webs and flukes 22, and are received within 3,043,258 Patented July 10, 1952 an enlarged opening 28 in one end of a stem plate 30, thus enabling the stem plate 39 to move in either direction through a limited arc, such as shown in FIGURE 2. The opposite free end of the stem plate 30 is provided with an opening 32 through which the loop 34 of a tow cable may be extended for holding the boat in place.

In actual use, one of the fluke plates 22 will engage and dig into the soft bottom of a body of water, as shown in FIGURE 1, thus providing an eifective anchor which will restrain movement of the boat, even though the anchor is of relatively light weight. On the other hand, by'adding weight to the base 12, the weight of the anchor may be increased, so that it will also be effective upon hard bottoms, where the flukes 22 cannot dig into the surface thereof. Such weights are readily attached or removed simply by removing and replacing the bolts 20 which secure the angle member 18 to the base weight 16, thus enabling additional weights to be placed between the angle member 18 and the base weight 16.

While this invention has been described with particular reference to the construction shown in the drawing, it is to be understood that such is not to be construed as imparting limitations upon the invention, which is best defined by the claims appended hereto.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A boat anchor comprising, in combination, a base, a. pair of angularly related flukes extending upwardly from said base, a center stem pivotally connected at one end to said flukes, securement means at the opposite end of said center stem for attachment to a boat tie line, each of said angularly related flukes comprising a substantially rectangular plate, an angle member securing one end of each of said rectangular fluke plates together in substantially perpendicularly related relationship, said flukes and said angle plate being substantially symmetrical with respect :to a plane perpendicular to said base, said base comprising an enlarged tipple plate, a non-abrasive pad secured to one side of said tipple plate, said angle member and said flukes being secured to the opposite side of said tipple plate, and a base weight interposed symmetrically between said tipple plate and said angle member and said flukes.

2. A boat anchor as set forth in claim 1, wherein said center stem comprises an elongated bar pivotally connected at one end centrally between the opposite ends of said pair of fiukes for selective movement in a plane extending normal to the general plane of each of said flukes, and said securement means comprising an opening receiving a boat tie line therethrough.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,550,451 Pardey Aug. 18, 1925 2,630,774- Polenz Mar. 10, 1953 2,696,186 Wilson Dec. 7, 1954 2,782,972 Binding Feb. 26, 1957 

